Jan 2019: How the local authority can provide a helping hand with care fees
When it comes to funding care, your local authority will be able to help. Here’s a summary of how this is done.
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Nov 2018: The benefits of young visitors
Residents of our Orpington home have been playing host to pupils from the nearby Grays Farm School. The benefits of mixing generations can be huge – here’s how it works.
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Nov 2018: The importance of visiting a care home
Moving into permanent care can be a worrying time. Baycroft’s Lesley Loizou talks about how best to navigate it and make sure your decision is well informed.
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Sept 2018: Baycroft named Finalist in the 2018 LaingBuisson Awards for Residential Care Provider of the Year
Baycroft has been named a finalist in the Residential Care Provider of the Year category at this year’s LaingBuisson Awards.
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July 2018: How equity release can help fund care
If you need to fund long-term care and have already paid off, or nearly paid off, your mortgage, an equity-release scheme could be for you.
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June 2018: Technology in care homes
Like every other sector and walk of life, the care industry is changing – and changing quickly. Technology isn’t a luxury or a choice any more. It’s simply a part of the world.
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Apr 2018: Nursing and Care Opportunities in Chelmsford
Are you caring and compassionate and looking to make a difference to people’s lives? If so, then you should join our team at Baycroft!
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Mar 2018: Nursing Opportunities in Orpington
Are you an experienced Nurse looking to further develop your career from within a new 5-star environment and state of the art facilities? If so, we would love to hear from you!
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Feb 2018: Nursing in a care home setting
Care homes all over the UK are struggling to attract nurses with some paying exorbitant agency fees to plug the gap. The level of pay and misconceptions about nursing in care homes are seen as largely to blame for nurses opting to work for the NHS instead of the care sector.
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Dec 2017: A day in the life of a modern care home
Magdelene Alebiosu is one of our expert senior care assistants. Here, she takes us through what a typical day might look like for the residents of our home in Orpington.
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Nov 2017: How CQC reports can guide you in choosing a care home
Not many people know that every care home in the country is subject to regular monitoring and inspection of its services. Even better is that all the information is freely available to read and download online. From risk assessment to leadership, CQC reports ensure you visit a potential care home armed with the right questions.
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Nov 2017: Agreeing on Elder Care
Managing the care of elderly parents can be a challenge even when all members of the family are in agreement. So what about when there are disagreements? Here, we provide our top tips for managing your siblings as well as your parents.
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Oct 2017: Ensuring independence at care homes
Care homes cater for all sorts of people. One size does not fit all and ensuring maximum independence and mobility is essential for residents’ wellbeing. Here, we highlight the important elements.
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Oct 2017: How care homes are changing
Your idea of a care home may be a group of bored older people sitting in a semi-circle in a room that smells of disinfectant. That image may once have been true, but visit a high quality, modern care home and you’ll find things are very different..
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Aug 2017: Is now the right time to arrange a power of attorney?
Granting a power of attorney can be a smart move – and you can do it at any time. This simple explainer will help you understand more about how it all works.
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Aug 2017: 12 crucial questions to ask when choosing a care home
What care is available? How independent are residents? What’s the food like? There’s a lot to think about when choosing the right care home. Here are the 12 questions you need to consider.
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Nov 2016: Costs of care part 3 – domiciliary care
As we get older we need the security of familiar things and places when we’re not firing on all cylinders. It’s easier to navigate round our own home than it might be to adjust to a change of environment. But we’ll need some help.
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Oct 2016: Costs of Care Part 2 – Moving house in retirement
No one welcomes the upheaval or the physical hard work involved in moving house. When combined with retirement, what then?
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Oct 2016: Costs of Care Part 1 – Lasting Power of Attorney
In considering provision for later life comfort, choice, care, control and cost there is one golden rule – don’t leave any decisions to a time when you may be rushed into attempting an emergency solution.
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